Swayam hadn't realised when time has passed... After Vicky and neha had retired to the guest room , swayam had been standing there by the window lost in thoughts... he didn't know what was right on his part... should he give themselves another chance thinking everything from sharon's point of view...
But all he could think was , what was the guarantee that Sharon won't bring up everything that he had done in college again if something goes wrong...
He knew he was wrong but he had changed to be a different person , and yet he was judged by his past... He could understand that Sharon probably was trying to hint that she wanted everything to be fine but then again was it too much on his part to expect that Sharon would come and say that loud to him...
His reverie was broken by a thunder... He immediately looked at his wrist watch and found that it was almost 1 at night... He quickly went to sharon's room and found Sharon sleeping hugging aru tightly in her arms... He smiled at the sight.. it was her habit to cling onto something while sleeping... he shook his head as his smile got wider and he made some room for himself beside aru and closed his eyes...
He opened his eyes , as a loud sound of thunder broke his sleep... He quickly looked at his side to see aru sleeping holding his hands but Sharon was not there...
Swayam frowned and sat up on the bed... he rubbed his eyes , caressed aru's cheeks and then got up wearing his slippers.. he checked the washroom but Sharon was not there...
He removed the curtains of the French window to find it was raining cats and dogs... His eyes literally popped out when he saw Sharon jumping in the middle of the lawn on a puddle of mud... He didn't know what eh should... should he just laugh it off or face palm...
Without thinking twice , he went to his room and opened the drawer... taking out an umbrella from there , he immediately ran downstairs and opened the gate to the lawn...
He made a face , irritated at himself for not being able to open the umbrella and then looked up at the sky with a more irritated face glaring at the rain... When he finally succeeded opening the umbrella , he walked out to the lawn in slow steps making sure , no mud sprinkles onto his track pant...
"Sharon... Sharon..." he screamed out to her... Sharon stopped jumping and turned towards him.. her frown clearly showed that she was pissed off with swayam for interrupting her rain party...
"what do you want????" she snapped back... swayam glared back at her and gritted his teeth...
"what are you upto??? Come here right now..." Swayam pointed the empty space under the umbrella beside him...
Sharon pretended to think for a moment and then pouted like a kid... but never the less , like an obedient kid she quietly walked under the umbrella still not satisfied that swayam had scolded her...
Swayam sighed in relief that he didn't have to use much energy convincing her... as he was about to turn , he suddenly felt his t shirt getting wet... He looked above to see there was no umbrella above him...
"what the hell..." He frowned in disgust and then looked behind to see Sharon jumping again...
It didn't take swayam long to realize that Sharon had thrown the umbrella away...
"sharon what is wrong with you???" he screamed making an irritated face...
"shut up... don't' scream.. if aru hears us , she will also join me..." Sharon said happily nd then again started jumping on the puddle...
Swayam without his own knowledge felt his anger and irritation melting down seeing her jump and laugh in rain...
"don't have to pretend swayam.. I know you love rain..." Sharon squealed slashing some drop of rain on her own face...
"I hate rain..." He made a face...
"really?? Who used to become a kid while getting drench in college..." Sharon said that in a fir of the moment without realizing that the mention of that would bring a round of memories back to him.. the memories which he thought , he had stuffed in the darkest corners of his heart...
"you used to ride your cycle at double speed in rain..." She said still not realizing the change of swayam's expression...
Everything came back to him in a flash of seconds...
For the very few time he and Sharon were together in college , he had started living his life without his own knowledge... He had always thought , he had never loved Sharon but he didn't notice the change in him when she used to be with him...
Sharon was right , no one in college knew the swayam who used to smile like a kid in pouring rain... They only knew the swayam who could play video games...
They didn't know that in front of swayam , he didn't only pretend to be happy but somewhere deep down , he really felt free... He used to fly his cycle with Sharon sitting in front of him in pouring rain... her laughter made him smile... made his day... he loved it when Sharon and he would walk barefoot on the wet sand munching onto hot corn seeds... he loved it when Sharon shared her dreams with him...
He knew he had started living... he was not the guy he used to portray himself to his friends.. instead he was the guy whom sharon knew to be true...
Then he remembered because of this pretension , Sharon had got him wrong when he didn't pretend...
He hadn't realized when he had walked upto Sharon...he was about to hold her hand involuntarily when she looked back at him stopping him... Sharon for a second found him dazed out... She knew what he was thinking... Even she wanted the same , those time to come back to her life... their life... Wanting swayam to understand and acknowledge this from his heart was all that Sharon wanted for now...
"bhai , Sharon..." swayam and Sharon both got startled and looked at the gate to find taani standing there... she had heard the thunder and come down to get drenched in rain when she saw swayam and Sharon standing there...
At first she had thought to go back to her room but then she saw swayam's face and knew he was feeling vulnerable at that point .. and knowing the new swayam , she knew he would probably try to hide it by anger which would take his relationship with Sharon a step back again... so she decided to intervene...
Hearing her voice , swayam glared at Sharon...
"are we done??? Can we go in????" he asked sarcastically... Sharon nodded sheepishly and followed him till the gate... Before going in swayam glared at taani... " and you... dare you go out in rain..." He said brushing the water off from his hair...his entire family was mad , he thought... without his knowledge he had accepted them to be his family... Taani nodded sheepishly and sadly and walked behind them inside...
Swayam had freshened up... he had dried his hair and waited for Sharon to come out of the washroom to make sure that she had freshened properly and dried her hair...
When Sharon had laid down to sleep , swayam laid down closing his eyes for the night...
Swayam had come out of the washroom , to find Sharon sitting there on the bed and sneezing... aru was looking at Sharon with a frown sitting beside her...
"aru, baby... lets go downstairs..." Swayam picked her up and took her downstairs so that aru doesn't catch sharon's cold...
He kept aru on the table like a pillow and then moved to the kitchen to find kaka making tea for everyone...
Swayam thought for a moment and brought a tablet from the drawing room...
"kaka... ek kaam kijiye... is tablet ko thoda tod ke chai mein daal do aur sharon ko do... usko zukham hai but medicine nahi legi... she will make a face I am sure..." He said ... kaka smiled at his concern...
He did what swayam had asked for.. swayam stood there and watched kaka do that for his satisfaction.. as kaka was about to move out of the kitchen with their cups , he turned and looked back at him...
"swayam.. kisi aur ke liye nahi.. apne liye sab vul jao..." And without waiting for his reaction or reply he turned to leave...
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Swayam was working in his cabin when he got a call from his dad...
"swayam... you have to go to panchgini for the annual presentation..." His father informed him...
"no problem dad... kab jana hai???" he asked him...
"weekend pe hai event... tum log kal ja sakte ho..." his father gave his opinion...
"hum log???" he frowned...
"haa Sharon would be coming with you..." his dad said casually yet smirking from within...
"what??? Why???" swayam literally screamed on the phone...
"you are forgetting swayam... gautam's company is our partner.. toh event saath mein hoga nuh.. I know Sharon doesn't work in her father's company but she is the nominee and gautam is busy with another deal.. so she would be coming ... with you of course..." Swayam nodded with a confused face and then as he realized his father can't see him nodding he replied positively...
As the call was disconnected , swayam sighed and dropped down on his chair... taking Sharon with him would mean more complications... she would be alone with him , hiding his emotions would be more difficult and moreover handling this crazy Sharon is way beyond his capacity...
He sighed and got back to work while someone somewhere smiled sitting way beyond infinities... Some destinies are bound to be re written...
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